Means for securing sheets or blankets to printing-press cylinders.



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CHARLES GRANT'HARRIS, OF NILES, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARRIS AU'TGMATiC PRESS COMPANY, OF NILES, OHIO, A CORPORATION, OF OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application fil d December 22. 1906. Serial No. 349.141.

T all 21.4mm it may concern:

Be n that I, Cnsntns Gnss'r HAR- R15, of Z\i LS, in the county of Trumbull and State of ()hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Sheets or Blankets to Printing-Press Cylindens; and I do hereby declare the following to be a hill, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invent-ion is to provide simple and highly efficient means for securing a sheet or blanket to e rinting press cylinder, and although-primed y designed for attaching the blanket to a transfer cylinder of an oil-set or planographic-press, is equally applicable for securing sheets to presses of various styles. o A further object is to enable the sheet or blanket to be readily removed from the cylinder, at one or both ends, while attached to its.

retaining means. This is of special advanta e in underluying.

5 he invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In-thc accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are face views of a. cylinder embodying 0 my invention, portions of the cylinder in each figure being broken away. Fig.3 isacross sectional view on line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is screws 19, so that it is not necessary to ena fragmentary detail View, in perspective.

Referring to the. drawings, 1 designates a 5 rinting press cylnidei'formed with a recess 2 running longitudinally thereof, which recase has a fiat ace Bterniinating at its inner edge beneath a. stop-shoulder 4. The front of the recess 2 is a straight shoulder 5 at ep- 0 proximately right angles to face 3. .This recess Z constitutes the seat for a clamp 6 for retaining one end of a sheet or blanket 7. Such Imp s composed of two plsteshe'ld together by. screws 3, the inner latte being wider than the outer plate and i esigned to bear against ince I) and extend at its inner edge ween Illl latter and stop-shoulder 4, while its outer edge tits snug against shoulder 5. Tension on the blanket will hold the 0 clamp against shoulder 5, the stop-shoulder 4 preventing it from being drawn out without first disengagin the front edge from shoulder 5. Prefcra ly the inner face of the outerpiste formed with lug; 9 so as to 6 cind iirmly against the blanket. This Patented. march 3, 1908.

clamp-need not extend the full lengtlroi its seat, and clamp. of different lengths may be used for blankets of dilierentwidths, which latter may be of any size within the length of the cylinder. This is of special advantage in off-set or planographic printing, since the widths of blankets on transfer cylinders vary widel Furthermore, the blanket may be shifted len' t-hwise of the cylinder, parallel L0 its axis, by sliding the clamp on its seat 1'0 designates a tension roll located within the perimeter of the cylinder between the ends 1 2 thereof. The journals of this roli are in theform of short shafts 13, which fit within chambers in the ends of the roll, and their outer reduced ends conform to openings in the cylinder ends, wherein they are normally held by springs 14 located in said chambers. By'means of any suitable tool these short shafts may be forced into the roll-chambers until their outer ends clear the inner faces of the cylinder ends-t0 ermit the roll'to be bodil lifted-from the cy inder. At one end the rol has a ratchet wheel= 15 with which engages I. retainin pawl, 16, and at its other end it is square as at 17, to allow of the application of a wrench. A segment of the ml is removed to rovide a flatface to which a plate 18 is held y screws 19. Preferably that end of the sheet or 5 blanket which is to be secured to this tens'ion device is slitted to correspond to the tirely remove plate 18 in either attaching. or removing the blanket; In practice, the blanket is first secured to the clam and the latter is then placed in its seat. Tile slitt'ed end is then lnsertedbe tween the tension roll and its clamping plate 18, the retaining screws of the letter eing then tightened. The roll is turned until the desired tension is put upon the blanket. If itbe found necessary :0 underlay thb latter, the operator inerel releases the a and disengages the journals of the. roll on the cylinder ends and lifts the roll withthe blanket secured thereto and after the necessary underlay has been provided, the roll is returned to position and its spring pressed shafts allows: to project into their 5 respective hearings in the cylinder ends. As long as any tension is exerted upon the blanket it is impossible for the clamp to be removed from its seat.

o By the means described sheets or blankets 1 may be securely attached to a. cylinder, and blankets pr :iously used may be readily replaced, and if necessary may be moved lengthwise of the cylinder by sliding the clam and reattaching to the tension roll.

l c aim as my invention:

1. in combination, a cylinder having a clamp-seat within the pcriplmry thereof, said seat having a flat face and a shoulder at an angle thereto, a blanket. a clamp for one end of spring-prcsst d shafts extended from said roll such blanketfittcd in said scat and held Q against said shoulder by thc blanket when under tension, a tension roll to which the other end of such blanket is seen. .-d. said roll being also located within the peri ihery of said cylinder, and means .lctachably sccuring said roll to the cylinder. whereby the roll with the blanket. may be raised from the cylinder while the clamp remains in its seat.

2. In combination, a cylinder havin a clamp-seat within the periphery thereof, a blanket, a clamp for one end of such blanket fitted in said seat, a tensi n roll to which the other end of sue-h blanket is secured, said roll being also located within the periphery of said cylinder, and inwartliy-niovable springressed shafts carried by said roll and mounted in the ends of the cylinder.

3. In combination, a cylinder having a clam seat extending approximately the full lengti thereof, said seat having a flat. face and a shoulder atan angle thereto, a blanket of any desired width within the length of the cylinder, a clamp of length p )roximatclv the width of the blanket, one end of which is secured thereto, said clamp being located within said scat and hcid against said shouldcr by the blanket when ALltltf tension. a tension roll locatcd within the periphery of the cylinder and to which the other end of such blanket is attached, and means for detachably securing the tension roll to the cylinder.

4. The combination with a cylinder having a clamp-scat, a blanket. a clamp located in said clamp seatand to which one end of the blanket is sccurcd, the other end of said blanket being slittcd, a tension roll, a date, and screws securing the latter to said roll. said slits being designed to coincide with said screws.

5. The combination with a cylinder having a clamp-scat. a ldnnlici. a clamp located in said clamp-scataud to which one end of the blankct is secured, a tcnsion roll to which the other cud of such blanket is secured, and shafts for said roll mounted in said cylinder,

into openings in the cylindcr-cnds, said shafts being capable of being disengaged from said c \'litnlercnds to permit the roll to be removed.

T. The combination of the cylinder having a recess within its perimeter, formed atits end ncar such perimeter with a shoulder at approximatclr right angles to the base of the recess. a blanket, a clamp for one end of the latter titted in said recess and held against said shoulder by tension on said blanket, and a tension device to which the other end of the blanket is attached.

The combination of the cylinder having a recess within its perimeter, formed at its end near such perimeter with a. shoulder at approximately right angles to the base of the recess, a stop shoulder parallel to the faceof said recess at the inner end thereof. a blanket, a clamp for ontcud of the latter titted in said recesses and held against said first mentioned shoulder by tension on said blanket. and a tension device to which the other end of the blanket is attached.

J. The combination of a cylinder having a clamp-seat extending longitudinally thereof,

a blanket, a clamp to which one end of the blanket. is secured, said clam being held in said seat by tension on said blanket, a tension roll to which the other end of the blanket is secured. and means for detachably securing said roll to the cylinder.

It). The combination of a cylinder having a clamp-seat, a clamp therein, a blanket secured at one end to said clamp, a.tension roll, a clamping )late for securing the other end of such blan 'ct to said roll, a awl and ratchet for holding said roll, ant s ringpresscd shafts extending from said roll into openings in the cylinder-ends.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

(HARLES GRANT HARRIS.

Witnesses:

t. C. Pm'rcnann, HENRY A. PORTER. 

